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  • Leaky Harriers pay price for another listless start

    Halifax 2, Harriers 0 HARRIERS’ once formidable defence needs to find the inner miser after losing its mojo. In their first seven games, Gary Whild’s team were harder to break into than Fort Knox, conceding just four goals and keeping five

  • Guinan proud of academy players

    DEPARTING academy manager Steve Guinan has urged Harriers to secure their gifted young players. The club’s U18s saw their best ever run in the FA Youth Cup come to an end at the Third Round stage last Wednesday, when they were edged 2-1 by Blackpool

  • CPBigwood celebrates new auction record

    CPBigwood set a new record with its final auction of the year at Aston Villa’s Holte Suite. Out of 116 lots offered, the firm sold 92, a success rate of 80 per cent as aggregate sales topped £10 million. The fantastic result means award-winning

  • A meerkat Christmas at West Midland Safari Park

    AS the big day approaches and the season of goodwill gathers pace, staff at West Midland Safari Park are busy providing extra little treats for the animals. Whilst not something that would normally be appreciated by many of us, mealworms are the

  • It’s time to vote for your top sports personality of year

    THE nominations are in and voting is now open for 2014’s Shuttle Sports Personality of the Year. It’s been a great year for Wyre Forest with residents excelling at all levels. As always, the district punches above its weight in terms of success

  • Kidderminster couple celebrate diamond day

    WHEN a man feared he could be posted in Germany during his required national service, he married his girlfriend on a weekend pass. And today they are celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary.Barry Hallsworth was 16 and working at a local foundry

  • Youngster loves his 'hysterical' day as zoo keeper

    AN ANIMAL loving Cookley youngster turned zoo keeper when he joined staff at Dudley Zoological Gardens. Nine-year-old Jamie Griffin, of Castle Road, worked with Brazilian tapirs and Humboldt penguins at the nearby tourist attraction as part of

  • Children leave parents teary eyed at nativity play

    PUPILS at a Stourport school left their parents with “tears in their eyes” after putting on their annual Christmas nativity play. The reception class at Stourport Primary School, known as Rainbow, got onto the stage in front of their parents as

  • Whild: New signings are not replacement for magic Johnson

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Gary Whild has said the trio of new signings does not mean star winger Marvin Johnson is set to leave the club. The Aggborough outfit have been busy bolstering their small squad with a host of new forward players.

  • Town rallies around skipper

    BEWDLEY Town have the best Christmas present they could have hoped for with news that club captain and central defender Sean Wright has been released from hospital. Wright discovered he had a cyst on his backbone which burst and poisoned much of

  • Autumn bash to help animals in need

    MORE than £1,700 was raised by the Kidderminster RSPCA at its annual charity event. The RSPCA Kidderminster and District’s Autumn Bash took place at St George’s Hall in Bewdley, where more than 100 people were entertained by live music from local